| Ligue 1 | |
| Organiser: | Mali Basketball Federation |
| Country: | Mali |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Levels: | 1 |
| Domest Cup: | Malian Cup |
| Confed Cup: | Basketball Africa League (BAL) |
| Champions: | Stade Malien (18th title) |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Most Champs: | Stade Malien (18 titles) |
The Ligue 1 (for sponsorship reasons known as Ligue 1 Orange) is the premier basketball competition for clubs in Mali. The league consist out of ten teams. The most decorated team in the league is Stade Malien, who have won a record 18 league championships.
The champions of the league are eligible to play in the qualifying rounds of the Basketball Africa League (BAL).
The following were the eight teams for the 2019 season:[1]
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Score | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Stade Malien (1) | [2] | |||
| 1993 | |||||
| 1994 | Stade Malien (2) | ||||
| 1995 | Stade Malien (3) | ||||
| 1996 | |||||
| 1997 | Stade Malien (4) | ||||
| 1998 | Stade Malien (5) | ||||
| 1999 | Stade Malien (6) | ||||
| 2000 | Stade Malien (7) | ||||
| 2001 | Stade Malien (8) | ||||
| 2002 | Stade Malien (9) | ||||
| 2003 | Stade Malien (10) | ||||
| 2004 | Stade Malien (11) | ||||
| 2005 | Stade Malien (12) | ||||
| 2006 | Stade Malien (13) | ||||
| 2007 | |||||
| 2008 | |||||
| 2009 | Real Bamako | AS Police | [3] | ||
| 2010 | Real Bamako | Stade Malien | [4] | ||
| 2011 | Stade Malien (14) | ||||
| 2012 | Stade Malien (15) | ||||
| 2013 | Real Bamako | USFAS | [5] | ||
| 2014 | Stade Malien (16) | AS Police | [6] | ||
| 2014–15 | Real Bamako | Centre Bintou Dembélé | [7] | ||
| 2015–16 | AS Police (1) | Centre Bintou Dembélé | [8] | ||
| 2016–17 | |||||
| 2017–18 | USFAS (1) | Stade Malien | [9] | ||
| 2018–19 | AS Police (2) | USFAS | |||
| 2019–20 | AS Police (3) | ||||
| 2020–21 | AS Police (4) | ||||
| 2021–22 | Stade Malien (17) | AS Mandé | [10] | ||
| 2022–23 | Stade Malien (18) | USFAS | [11] |
| Season | Champions | Runners-up | Finals score | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011–12 | 57–47 | [12] | |||
| 2015–16 | Real Bamako | AS Police | 64–54 | [13] | |
| 2016–17 | AS Police | Stade Malien | 71–65 | [14] | |
| 2017–18 | USFAS Bamako | AS Police | 52–48 | [15] | |
| 2018–19 | USFAS Bamako | Real Bamako | 74–64 | [16] | |
| 2019–20 | AS Police | Attar Club | 60–57 | [17] | |
| 2020–21 | colspan="4" | ||||
| 2021–22 | AS Police | AS Mandé | 75–72 | ||
| 2022–23 | Stade Malien | AS Mandé | 80–36 | [18] |
In the 2021 season, AS Police made its debut in the Basketball Africa League (BAL) as Malian representative. Two years later, Stade Malien became the second team from the country to qualify.
| Season | Representative team | Road to BAL | Qualified | Main competition | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third place | Group phase | |||||
| 2022 | AS Police | Fourth place | colspan="2" | |||
| 2023 | Stade Malien | Third place |